If the Confederate flag is a sign of oppression, then so is the US flag, where slavery was legal long before the CSA adopted their flag.
The Tea Party flag to millions is a symbol of racism. The Islamic flag to million is a symbol of racism. So does that mean we should throw the baby out with the bath water? Why is it only the Left that gets to set what is racist and allowed and what is racist and not allowed
If we want to ban symbols of hate, here’s a good place to start ........
muslim symbols, muslim flags, mosque, etc.
IMHO blacks are far too easily offended.
“Once the flag is gone, the left will advance to the next issue then the next issue, etc. They won’t compromise. There is no compromise. There is only conversion or censorship with the left.”
Islam calls this convert or Die. The LW has taken on the Islamic model. Now we know why 85% of US Muslims vote democrat
OK, so now Erick Erickson is a left wing panderer. Freepers are losing their freeping minds defending this thing. I find his statements of the places where this flag is appropriate to be compelling.
Has anybody else noticed that every issue that becomes controversial nowadays is made so by liberals who define the it? Guns: Evil killing machines vs. self defense tools. Abortion: Women’s choice vs. infanticide. Confederate Battle Flag: Symbol of slavery and treason vs. a symbol of states attempting to assert their own rights.
Isn’t it about time we stopped fighting on their ground? Too many people still believe that the War between the States was about slavery when in fact it was more about economic survival for the South. The slavery issue was brought in later - and by the Northern liberals at that!
Just bought one for the front of my truck! Unbelievable that some people’s rights are more important than others?
“I agree with my friend Russell Moore in that”...
Stopped reading right there and now that I see that it’s the Swedish faux conservative writing this, I should have just bypassed the entire rant.
RM is to the SBC what Joel Osteen & Rick Warren are to Christianity.
The next time a drunk Mexican kills some family, are we gonna hear crys to ban the Mexican flag? Probably not ...
Take down the Confederate battle flag and put the Confederate Naval Jack flag back up.
Are they going to ban the Civil War songs too?
Johnny Comes Marching Home, Dixie, Way Down upon the Swanee River, etc....
Jihadi leftists cannot abide the CSA flag, a ban on homosexual/lesbian “marriage”, or the right to keep and bear arms. They are not for “diversity”; they demand 100% compliance with their viewpoints.
It seems to me that those for whom the Confederate battle flag stands for “heritage not hate” (as one fellow who flew it in Louisiana was quotes as saying when, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina he invited those helping with the relief effort, both black and white, to come down to his range for some AR-15 shooting), should make an effort to insist that it be used only in contexts where the intent to commemorate the valor of their forebearers is clear.
Why is the perspective of blacks paramount?
Political correctness run amok and more insanity. Blaming an inanimate object for the actions of some nut who waved a flag and fired a gun to avenge who knows what. Yeh, let’s blame a flag for the hatred in our hearts, that’s the way to resolve racism issues.
Like guns, flags don’t kill people. It’s the evil person who uses them for evil purposes. The good person uses them for good purposes. The good and evil is in the person not the objects he uses. Inanimate objects don’t force anyone to do anything without the person’s consent. Guns and flags don’t magically leap out of the shadows and commit murder or burn themselves. No it’s the insane and terminally ignorant people who are brainwashed in the lie that banning anything offensive to them is the answer to their problem.
Banning the Confederate battle flag will not stop racism, it may even have the reverse effect. Why don’t we try banning all mind-alternating drugs instead. These drugs and their misuse has been a key factor in many of the mass murderer’s background. Wouldn’t be prudent (<:) because good people who need the drugs would suffer. Fine, then why are the insane not an issue in these matters. Because they are running the asylum.
OK, give the racists minorities what they want. Ban the flag. And while we’re at it, let’s ban the playing of “Dixie” because it just wouldn’t be right without the Confederate flag. They will never be satisfied with whatever they are given. It will never be enough. They will want more and more until there is nothing left to give.
What more do they want but to destroy America. America has confessed to their past sin of slavery and repented. There is no slavery anymore except in the minds of those living in the past. And racism has always existed and will be with us to the end of time.
"AnonymousJune 22, 2015 at 12:40 PM
I'm about to lose another FR account. I start to wonder that it might be because my posts are a little too rational.
"Does anyone have any ideas to help me at least attempt to subvert FR without being picked off almost immediately as a "liberal"? I mean, I know I could just type in something simple like FUJB or FUGOPe, but that seems a little trite to me.
I'm sure someone here has successfully done it for a longer period of time (eg. re_nortex); any help would be greatly appreciated!"
And:
"AnonymousJune 22, 2015 at 8:32 PM
Lol. Thanks Oz.
I tried to say that I don't fly the Confederate flag because I love the 'Murica one (though I didn't say 'Murica because that might be a little too much even for FR). Apparently that hasn't set well with a few Freepers.
I guess there's a flag that's even better than the American one, and that's the one that tells blacks that they're better as slaves."
GOPe strikes again.